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Jazz for aficionados

Jazz for aficionados

I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.

Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".

"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.

While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10
frogman
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+1 pryso for the appreciation of ghosthouse’s link; beautiful stuff.

And thanks for that Etta James clip; fabulous. Love Etta James (and Jones, too). Very soulful singer. Beautiful piano by the great Cedar Walton and tasty obbligatos by Red Holloway on tenor. Here’s another favorite rendition of that great song. This time with a little less grease and a little more vocal polish; a little “Hollywood” perhaps, but great. Also, the seldom heard introduction. Not better or worse, just different:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1-j6RcNup8

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ghosthouse
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@pryso & @frogman - 
You are very welcome.  Pleased to be able to share it.  
pryso
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o10, my "Mystery Lady" is on CD (Private Music D102561) and on my system it offers a very good sense of "presence*".  More so than most CDs in my experience.

I'd only known Etta as a blues oriented pop singer prior to this.  I've had this disc for a few years now so no recollection how I discovered it, but I continue to love it. 

* Without going all audiophile geeky, to me this implies a sense of aliveness, more being in the presence of a real performance than most recordings.  I've used it a few times to demo something on my system for friends.
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, out of all the fantastic female vocalists, if I was forced to pick one, it would be "Nancy Wilson".
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Pryso, without getting all audiophile geeky, I would say the same thing about Etta Jones.

I upgraded my rig in order to appreciate the many LP's I already had before CD, but now I'm going to revert back to LP exclusively.
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